“Ten days of paid incarceration and mental torture” experiences of quarantined individuals arriving in the UK from red listed countries in southern Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Nyashanu, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9231-0393, Brown, M ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9248-8693, Nyashanu, T, Frost, D ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6723-6718 and Mushawa, F ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-9892-2616, 2023. “Ten days of paid incarceration and mental torture” experiences of quarantined individuals arriving in the UK from red listed countries in southern Africa amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. ISSN 2197-3792

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Abstract

COVID-19 has affected many communities across the world prompting different strategies of containing it. The strategies to contain COVID-19 included restrictive environments such as self-isolation and quarantine. This research study was set to explore the experiences of quarantined individuals arriving in the United Kingdom (UK) from red listed countries in Southern Africa. This research study utilises an exploratory qualitative approach. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect data from twenty-five research participants. A thematic approach underpinning the four phases of data analysis in The Silence Framework (TSF) was used to analyse the data. The study found that the research participants reported confinement, dehumanisation, feeling swindled, depressed, anxious and stigmatised. Less restrictive and non-oppressive quarantine regimes should be considered to foster positive mental health outcomes on individuals undergoing quarantine during pandemics.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities
Creators:	Nyashanu, M., Brown, M., Nyashanu, T., Frost, D. and Mushawa, F.
Publisher:	Springer
Date:	27 March 2023
ISSN:	2197-3792
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1007/s40615-023-01574-w DOI 1748571 Other
Rights:	This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Divisions:	Schools > Nottingham Business School Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Jonathan Gallacher
Date Added:	13 Apr 2023 10:05
Last Modified:	13 Apr 2023 10:05
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/48730

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